Feature request: Allow custom emoji packs for mods

[AutumnPizazz]

Before creating

• [X] This is NOT a gameplay feature from Civ VI, BNW, or outside - see Roadmap
• [X] This is NOT a gameplay feature from Vanilla Civ V or from G&K - If so, it should be a comment in https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv/issues/4697

Problem Description

I encountered some confusion while creating a module, including not finding a way to customize emoji characters. For example, I hope to define [Livability] as this icon in the uniques text, but I can't do it. It seems that the current Unciv can only support five kinds of Stats emojis. I hope to allow module expansion (of course, I don't expect to be able to customize Stats, which is a huge amount of work).

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Desired Solution

Above.

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Additional Context

For example,

is not good, and this is good.

[yairm210]

Is Livability a resource?

[yairm210]

...it's not a stat, so it can't be in that unique anyway You should be doing that as a resource

[AutumnPizazz]

Yes. This is a Resource, but I hope to "disguise" it at the unique level

[SomeTroglodyte]

five kinds of Stats emojis

Isn't that seven? Seven Samurais, seven Flies, seven Dials, seven Bridges, seven Wizards...

[AutumnPizazz]

five kinds of Stats emojis

Isn't that seven? Seven Samurais, seven Flies, seven Dials, seven Bridges, seven Wizards...

It doesn't matter... I misremembered

[AutumnPizazz]

Seven Samurais, seven Flies, seven Dials, seven Bridges, seven Wizards...

I have difficulty capturing the original meaning of this passage, whether it's through a dictionary or GPT. What does it mean?

[SomeTroglodyte]

What does it mean

Just joking. Obscure references. A movie, a book, London, a song and Pratchett (as the eighth son might be a Sourcerer instead of a Wizzard).

[SomeTroglodyte]

hope to "disguise" it at the unique level

Then that should be a Comment Unique, and for those to support automatic ruleset object icons we would need nested brackets. Idea: Would uniques:["Comment [+2 {Livability}]"],... work? That should feed +2 {Livability} into the tr() function... Will the autoicons code trigger?

[AutumnPizazz]

Will the autoicons code trigger?

It doesn't work...

And I store this png file in unciv\mods\CoeHarMod\Images\OtherIcons

[SomeTroglodyte]

... the icons do work this way, but what I had forgotten - because my example didn't have any - the text outside the {} will of course not be translated ... So we would need [] nesting after all. Which is officially not supported, but happens to work on Comment uniques by lucky happenstance.

One mod atlas icon, one builtin icon, translated - aucun probléme.

    "uniques": [
          "Comment [Can build [Shaolin Monastery] improvements on tiles]",
          "Comment [[Great General] provides double combat bonus]",
          "Great General provides double combat bonus <hidden from users>",

... and only one of the comments can reuse an existing translation, so the other one is in the mod.

OtherIcons? You said it was a resource... No point otherwise.

[AutumnPizazz]

This does work in the country selection interface, but it's not as good in the civilization encyclopedia interface.

[yairm210]

I see, this is because of a conscious choice to remove those extra icons so you won't have double images - one because of the link for Livability, and one for the resource name I think this is nicer this way

[AutumnPizazz]

Sry to bring up this issue again, but this feature is very useful for richer mods. Hope developers can pick up this project.

[SomeTroglodyte]

Idea - we could introduce a new syntax for tr() - like $Resource.AuxiliaryCounter1$ inserts the font codepoint where we rendered that ruleset object, no matter whether the parameter says no icons or not...? Delimiter open to discussion. Maybe :eyeglasses: ? No that needs two codepoints.

[AutumnPizazz]

It's cool.

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[AutumnPizazz]

This should be not stale.